Arta Prefecture

Arta (Greek: ????, Albanian: Artë) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. It is part of the Epirus periphery. Its capital is the city Arta. The location is north of the Ambracian Gulf. Mountains surround the northeast with only one road linking into the Pineios valley and Thessaly, and low-land agricultural plains to its west. It is bounded by the prefectures of Preveza in the west, Ioannina to the north, Trikala in the east, Karditsa to the east and Aetolia-Acarnania to the south. The eastern boundary is formed by the Acheloos River and the western boundary up to near GR-5/GR-21 jct is the Louros River.

Related Topics:
Greek - Albanian - Prefectures of Greece - Epirus - Arta - Ambracian Gulf - Pineios - Thessaly - Preveza - Ioannina - Trikala - Karditsa - Aetolia-Acarnania - Acheloos River - Louros River

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Much of the population lives in the west, in the Arachthos valley, the south and east of Arta, further southeast, the Athamanian mountains and the southeast with a few parts of the north are the least populated.

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